ἘΠΕΚΛΥΣΘΗ, ἐπεκλυσθη
EPEKLYSTHĒ, epeklysthē
Sounds Like: eh-peh-KLOO-sthee
Translations: was overflowed, was inundated, was deluged, was flooded
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΛΥΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist passive indicative, third person singular form of the verb ἐπικλύζω (epiklyzō), meaning 'to overflow, to inundate, to deluge, or to flood'. It describes something that was completely covered or overwhelmed by a large amount of liquid, typically water. It implies a forceful and extensive covering.
Inflection: Aorist, Passive, Indicative, Singular, Third Person
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 5:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΛΥΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΕΚΛΥΣΑΣ — to overflow, to inundate, to overwhelm, to flood
- ἘΠΕΚΛΥΣΕΝ — overflowed, overwhelmed, submerged, inundated, deluged
- ἘΠΙΚΛΥΖΗ — overflow, flood, inundate
- ἘΠΙΚΛΥΖΩΝ — overflowing, flooding, inundating
- ἘΠΙΚΛΥΣΑΙ — to flood, to overflow, to deluge, to inundate
- ἘΠΙΚΛΥΣΑΣ — having flooded, having overwhelmed, having deluged
- ΕΠΕΚΛΥΣΘΗ — was flooded, was overwhelmed, was deluged, was submerged
- ΕΠΙΚΛΥΖΩ — to overflow, to inundate, to flood, to overwhelm
- ΕΠΙΚΛΥΖΩΝ — overflowing, flooding, inundating, sweeping over
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